{"id":71586,"date":"2022-07-14T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=71586"},"modified":"2022-07-19T09:24:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:24:02","slug":"suppressed-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/suppressed-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Process Suppressed Feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you often suppress your feelings to avoid confrontation or disagreement? What are the psychological consequences of suppressing your feelings? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppressing your feelings is a negative mental habit that can have a serious effect on your psychological well-being. Suppressed feelings continue to live on inside you, get stronger the more you try to deny them, and morph into irrational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-break-negative-thought-patterns\/\">thought patterns<\/a> and emotional reactions that stifle your capacity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-feel-positive-emotions\/\">feel positive emotions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about the consequences of suppressing your feelings and some ways to release them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-suppress-your-feelings\"><strong>You Suppress Your Feelings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your conditioning inadvertently taught you to believe that some feelings are unacceptable or bad. As a result, you feel ashamed each time these feelings come up, pretend that you don\u2019t feel them, and try to avoid people and situations that might trigger them. You also judge other people who express these feelings as \u201cbad\u201d or \u201cwrong.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may be used to get punished for having tantrums as a child. Your tantrums were your way of expressing disagreement with something that you were expected to do. Therefore, you unconsciously associated expressing disagreement with punishment and labeled disagreement as \u201cbad\u201d or \u201cwrong\u201d in your mind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though unconscious, this mental association now shapes the way you think about and react to various situations and contributes to many of your unwanted feelings. This is because it leads to a number of unhealthy behaviors and thought patterns, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You pretend to agree with others: <\/strong>Because you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-get-along-with-other-people\/\">get along with others<\/a> and receive positive feedback, you avoid disagreeing with them\u2014either by pretending to take their side or staying quiet. However, the more you avoid expressing your true opinions, the more insecure you feel in your relationships\u2014you never know if people like you for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/your-genius\/\">who you are<\/a> or because you\u2019re validating their opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You agree to things that you don\u2019t want to do:<\/strong> Even though this approach garners positive feedback, doing things you don\u2019t want to do often makes you feel angry and resentful. However, because you\u2019re unable to acknowledge how your own thought patterns created these unwanted situations, you mistakenly assume that other people are <em>making<\/em> you do things that you don\u2019t want to do. This leads you to conclude that other people are to blame for your negative feelings. As a result, you don\u2019t feel accountable for your role in these unwanted situations and you believe that you\u2019re powerless to change them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You judge people who <em>do <\/em>express their disagreement:<\/strong> Because you believe that expressing disagreement is \u201cbad\u201d or \u201cwrong,\u201d you automatically dislike or feel uncomfortable around people who <em>do <\/em>express their disagreement. Instead of questioning why you feel this way, you assume that your opinion is valid and that <em>they should <\/em>change the way they act to make you feel better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-suppressing-your-feelings-creates-emotional-discomfort\"><strong>Suppressing Your Feelings Creates Emotional Discomfort<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppressing your feelings can have consequences beyond making you agree to things you\u2019d rather not do or judging those who <em>do <\/em>express such feelings. Tony Robbins, (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/awaken-the-giant-within\"><em>Awaken the Giant Within<\/em><\/a>) offers additional insights into how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/suppressing-your-emotions\/\">suppressing your emotions<\/a> exacerbates emotional discomfort and feelings of unhappiness. He claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/awaken-the-giant-within\/chapter-8#reject-disempowering-ways-of-addressing-your-emotions\">suppressing your emotions disempowers you<\/a> because it leads you to engage in two irrational behaviors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1) You avoid situations that risk triggering your suppressed feelings: <\/strong>The problem with this is that you miss out on experiencing the <em>positive<\/em> emotions these situations might elicit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, you\u2019ve suppressed your need for affection, so you avoid relationships or pretend not to need affection in a relationship. As a result, you miss out on positive experiences that spring from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/meaningful-relationships-ray-dalio\/\">meaningful relationships<\/a>, such as love and intimacy. This makes you feel lonely and increases your unfulfilled desire for affection\u2014and your shame for wanting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2) You disassociate from your emotions by pretending not to feel them:<\/strong> The problem with this is that these emotions become increasingly intense and eventually lead to irrational outbursts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, even though you pretend not to need affection, you feel hurt every time your partner fails to give it to you. These negative feelings escalate until you\u2019re ready to explode from frustration. However, instead of honestly expressing your hurt to release this frustration, you avoid addressing your suppressed need for affection and find a different reason to start a fight. As a result, you create conflict in your relationship and fail to resolve the real cause of your distress. This makes you feel misunderstood and increases your desire for affection\u2014and your fear that you won\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Robbins, the reason you\u2019re suppressing your emotions is that you find them unpleasant. But avoiding or dissociating from your emotions exacerbates the discomfort you feel. He suggests that you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/awaken-the-giant-within\/chapter-8#process-your-emotions-in-a-healthy-way\">process your suppressed feelings<\/a> and relieve your discomfort by identifying your emotions, acknowledging and accepting them (instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/negative-labels\/\">labeling<\/a> them as bad or wrong), and considering what you can learn from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/affirmation-and-visualization-7-habits\/\">Affirmations<\/a> to Process Your Suppressed Feelings<\/strong><br><br>Like Wiest, many self-help practitioners claim that your negative judgments about others reflect what you dislike about yourself. However, Louise Hay (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hayhouse.com\/you-can-heal-your-life-paperback?utm_source=LH.com&amp;utm_medium=Shop&amp;utm_campaign=LH.com_YCHYL\"><em>You Can Heal Your Life<\/em><\/a>) takes this idea one step further. She claims that <strong>you subconsciously <em>transmit<\/em> your suppressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/thoughts-feelings-and-behaviors\/\">thoughts and feelings<\/a> and <em>influence<\/em> other people to reflect these feelings back to you<\/strong>. Hay bases this on her interpretation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellmind.com\/understanding-and-using-the-law-of-attraction-3144808\">law of attraction<\/a>\u2014the idea that the universe orchestrates your reality to mirror <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/subconscious-thoughts\/\">your subconscious thoughts<\/a> and beliefs.<br><br>For example, even though you crave affection, you act aloof\u2014because your conditioning taught you that acting needy is \u201cbad.\u201d However, while you might project a cool image of yourself, you\u2019re subconsciously emitting emotional signals that reveal your true feelings\u2014your desire for affection and your shame for feeling this desire. These emotional signals then <em>attract<\/em> experiences that trigger the emotions you\u2019re trying to avoid\u2014because people intuitively pick up on your feelings of neediness and feel compelled to reflect them back to you.<br><br>According to Hay, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/unconditional-self-acceptance\/\">practicing self-acceptance<\/a> and self-love affirmations helps you process and express your suppressed feelings. For example, to process your suppressed feelings regarding your need for affection, affirm, \u201cI love and accept my need for affection\u201d multiple times a day.<br><br>Once you\u2019re able to accept and express your feelings, you\u2019ll no longer judge them as negative. Further, Hay claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/accepting-your-emotions\/\">accepting your feelings<\/a> will change the emotional signals that you send out\u2014meaning that other people will no longer feel influenced to display the behaviors you previously disliked.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you often suppress your feelings to avoid confrontation or disagreement? What are the psychological consequences of suppressing your feelings? Suppressing your feelings is a negative mental habit that can have a serious effect on your psychological well-being. Suppressed feelings continue to live on inside you, get stronger the more you try to deny them, and morph into irrational thought patterns and emotional reactions that stifle your capacity to feel positive emotions. 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